In all the fun of the unawards its easy to overlook the rolling chapter of democracy that is the monthly post of the month.

Ladies and gentlemen, democracy.

This is why my grandfather marched 1,000 miles reatreating through the Burmese jungle in the Second World War.

It is why the Indian Sanghas of Alexander the Great's time gathered and why Pericles brought people together under an Ancient sun with the enticing words that make free men smile and the oppressed weep: "Are the any apologies for absences? No. Right, first item on the agenda it is then."

In short, people, why Churchill wanted to fight them on the beaches was so we could hold democractic votes like the comms2point0 post of the month.

So in the style of a dull returning officer standing in front of a tired pull-up banner with a logo selected from a children's competition, let me start by thanking the police and the counting staff who have done an exceptional job in making the awards happen.

Thank you also to everyone who has contributed and to everyone who has read and shared a post.

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